Taboo (2)

At Tsunade's words, Jiraiya's face darkened, and he weakly protested inwardly.

I wasn't the one who led him astray at all!

Watching the two fussing about, Orochimaru, standing nearby, merely cast them a faint glance before slowly shifting his gaze to Nawaki in the distance, who wore an awkward smile on the field.

An unreadable light flickered in his deep snake-like eyes as he spoke in a low, hoarse voice.

"Do you truly think Nawaki is still the Nawaki he used to be?"

At his words, the expressions of the two behind him changed almost imperceptibly!

A moment later, Tsunade's pretty face turned slightly cold. She stared at Orochimaru's back and demanded sharply.

"Orochimaru, what do you mean by that!?"

Orochimaru paid no mind to the chill in her voice. Glancing at her, he rasped.

"Do you truly believe that child has escaped Aizen's control, Tsunade?"

As he said this, an eerie gleam shone in his snake-like eyes, and he softly added.

"Or rather, do you truly believe Aizen is dead?"

At those words, Tsunade's face immediately froze over, her icy gaze meeting Orochimaru's coldly!

Yet before long, she could no longer maintain that cold expression. The frost in her face vanished without a trace, her eyes dimmed, and she said with profound desolation.

"You think he isn't dead..."

Tsunade's words seemed to question Orochimaru, yet they also seemed like she was speaking to herself.

Hearing her words, Orochimaru's strange snake-like eyes flickered as he replied hoarsely.

"Hehe... I don't believe that man would die so easily... Or rather... I don't believe such a death could possibly happen to him."

Tsunade's expression remained bleak, but the corner of her mouth curled into what seemed like a mocking smile.

"You mean you're just like him!?"

"Is this some resonance between two